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Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

de Melissa Schwartzberg

33,13€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
INGLÊS

Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

de Melissa Schwartzberg

33,13€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
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The Legal Foundations Of Inequality - Constitutionalism In The Americas, 1776â€“1860

de Roberto Gargarella

45,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book explores the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in the Americas. Examining a range of countries, including the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, Roberto Gargarella outlines these views and traces their influence to the present day.
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Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

de Melissa (New York University) Schwartzberg

110,85€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
INGLÊS

Counting The Many - The Origins And Limits Of Supermajority Rule

de Melissa (New York University) Schwartzberg

33,80€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Examines the history underlying the use of supermajority voting rules and offers a critique of their ability to remedy the defects of majority decision making.
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Democracy And The Limits Of Self-Government

de Adam (New York University) Przeworski

106,80€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 The book addresses central issues in democratic theory by analyzing the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with democracies around the world. The focus is on the generic limits of democracy in promoting equality, effective participation, control of governments by citizens, and liberty.
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Democracy And The Limits Of Self-Government

de Adam (New York University) Przeworski

31,09€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 The book addresses central issues in democratic theory by analyzing the sources of widespread dissatisfaction with democracies around the world. The focus is on the generic limits of democracy in promoting equality, effective participation, control of governments by citizens, and liberty.
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Constitutionalism And Dictatorship - Pinochet, The Junta, And The 1980 Constitution

de Robert (Universidad Mayor De 'San Andres', Argentina) Barros

44,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 It is widely believed that autocratic regimes cannot limit their power through institutions of their own making. This book presents a surprising challenge to this view. It demonstrates that the Chilean armed forces were constrained by institutions of their own design.
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Democracy, Accountability, And Representation

124,37€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book examines whether the mechanisms of accountability characteristic of democracies, are sufficient to induce the representatives to act in the best interest of the represented.
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Democracy And Legal Change

de Melissa (Columbia University, New York) Schwartzberg

43,26€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 In Democracy and Legal Change, Melissa Schwartzberg argues that modifying law is a fundamental and attractive democratic activity. Schwartzberg seeks to demonstrate historically the strategic and even unjust purposes unamendable laws have typically served, and to highlight the regrettable consequences that entrenchment may have for democracies today.
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Controlling Governments - Voters, Institutions, And Accountability

110,85€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representation. It bridges the gap between formal models and theoretically weak empirical analyses. The chapters stay close to the results of the formal literature, but they provide a more realistic description of how the democratic control of governments operates.
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Controlling Governments - Voters, Institutions, And Accountability

33,80€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Contributes to debates in positive democratic theory about accountability and representation. It bridges the gap between formal models and theoretically weak empirical analyses. The chapters stay close to the results of the formal literature, but they provide a more realistic description of how the democratic control of governments operates.
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Deliberative Democracy

39,20€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision-making. The contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanism, that is decision by discussion or deliberation. Rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.
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Democracy And Development - Political Institutions And Well-Being In The World, 1950â€“1990

de Adam (New York University) Przeworski, Fernando (Universidade De Sao Paulo) Limongi, Jose Antonio (Yale University, Connecticut) Cheibub e Michael E. (Depaul University, Chicago) Alvarez

110,85€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Is economic development conducive to political democracy? Does democracy hinder material welfare? These two questions are examined by looking at 135 countries between 1950 and 1990. Descriptive information and statistical analyses are interwoven to gain an understanding of the dynamic of political regimes and their impact on economic development.
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Democracy And The Rule Of Law

125,72€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. It interprets the rule of law as a strategic choice of actors with powerful interests, rather than as an exogenous constraint on politicians.
INGLÊS

Democracy, Accountability, And Representation

45,96€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book examines whether the mechanisms of accountability characteristic of democracies, are sufficient to induce the representatives to act in the best interest of the represented.
INGLÊS

Democracy And The Rule Of Law

44,61€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 This book addresses the question of why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law. It interprets the rule of law as a strategic choice of actors with powerful interests, rather than as an exogenous constraint on politicians.
INGLÊS

Deliberative Democracy

110,85€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 It is sometimes assumed that voting is the central mechanism for political decision-making. The contributors to this volume focus on an alternative mechanism, that is decision by discussion or deliberation. Rather than assuming that deliberative democracy is always ideal, the authors critically probe its limits and weaknesses as well as its strengths.
INGLÊS

Democracy And Development - Political Institutions And Well-Being In The World, 1950â€“1990

de Adam (New York University) Przeworski, Fernando (Universidade De Sao Paulo) Limongi, Jose Antonio (Yale University, Connecticut) Cheibub e Michael E. (Depaul University, Chicago) Alvarez

35,15€ + 10% EM CARTÃO

portes grátis

 Examines the impact of political regimes on economic development between 1950 and 1990
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Latin America In Colonial Times: Volume 1

de Kris Lane e Matthew Restall

86,25€

portes grátis

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 Presents the story of how Latin American civilization emerged from the encounter of three great civilizations in the sixteenth century.
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The Legal Foundations Of Inequality - Constitutionalism In The Americas, 1776â€“1860

de Roberto Gargarella

ESGOTADO OU NÃO DISPONÍVEL

 This book explores the influence of opposing constitutional ideals during the 'founding period' of constitutionalism in the Americas. Examining a range of countries, including the United States, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela, Roberto Gargarella outlines these views and traces their influence to the present day.

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